Property of the parish temple in the 18th – early 20th centuries (based on the materials of the Olonets diocese)

The article examines the main patterns of the formation of the property of parish churches over a long historical period. It was revealed that the main sources for the creation of the complex of the property of the temple were donations from the parishioners associated with various but most often tragic life circumstances. Over time a representative of the merchant class began to play a significant role in the formation of church property. In the middle of the 19th century, while maintaining the previous order of replenishment of church property, church guardianship performed an essential role in solving the material problems of parish churches.